Journal article
White matter microstructure is associated with cognitive control in children
Biological psychology, Vol.94(1), pp.109-115
09/2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.05.008
PMCID: PMC3742734
PMID: 23714226
Abstract
•White matter microstructure is related to childhood cognitive control.•Tracts in a frontal–parietal–motor–striatal circuit relate to childhood cognitive control.•Children with higher FA are more accurate on a control task.•Children with lower RD are also more accurate on a control task.
Cognitive control, which involves the ability to pay attention and suppress interference, is important for learning and achievement during childhood. The white matter tracts related to control during childhood are not well known. We examined the relationship between white matter microstructure and cognitive control in 61 children aged 7–9 years using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). This technique enables an in vivo characterization of microstructural properties of white matter based on properties of diffusion. Such properties include fractional anisotropy, mean diffusivity, axial diffusivity, and radial diffusivity, measures thought to reflect specific biological properties of white matter integrity. Our results suggest that children with higher estimates of white matter integrity in the corona radiata, superior longitudinal fasciculus, posterior thalamic radiation, and cerebral peduncle were more accurate during incongruent (>><>>, <<><<) and neutral (-->--, --<--) trials of a task of cognitive control. Importantly, less interference during the task (i.e., incongruent and neutral difference scores) was associated with greater white matter microstructure in the posterior thalamic radiation and cerebral peduncle. Fiber tracts in a frontal–parietal–striatal–motor circuit seem to play a role in cognitive control in children.
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- Title: Subtitle
- White matter microstructure is associated with cognitive control in children
- Creators
- Laura Chaddock-Heyman - Department of Psychology & Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, United StatesKirk I Erickson - Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Sennott Square, Third Floor, 210 South Bouquet Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, United StatesMichelle W Voss - Department of Psychology, The University of Iowa, E11 Seashore Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, United StatesJohn P Powers - Department of Neurology, The University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, 3 West Gates, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United StatesAnya M Knecht - Department of Psychology & Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, United StatesMatthew B Pontifex - Department of Kinesiology, Michigan State University, 308 W. Circle Drive, East Lansing, MI 48824, United StatesEric S Drollette - Department of Kinesiology & Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 906 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, United StatesR. Davis Moore - Department of Kinesiology & Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 906 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, United StatesLauren B Raine - Department of Kinesiology & Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 906 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, United StatesMark R Scudder - Department of Kinesiology & Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 906 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, United StatesCharles H Hillman - Department of Kinesiology & Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 906 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, United StatesArthur F Kramer - Department of Psychology & Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Biological psychology, Vol.94(1), pp.109-115
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.05.008
- PMID
- 23714226
- PMCID
- PMC3742734
- NLM abbreviation
- Biol Psychol
- ISSN
- 0301-0511
- eISSN
- 1873-6246
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2013
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984002470302771
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